Detroit's Big Three have forever dominated when it comes to the conversation of the drag strip and dealer lot. Throughout this seemingly perpetual heyday, there have been other American automakers ...

The late 1960s were full of loud, long-hooded muscle cars that seemed to measure their success in feet and cylinders. AMC ...

Just as there was once an age of giant reptiles some 100-odd million years ago, there was once an age of American automotive giants. Although they may be dinosaurs today, the “Big Three”—General ...

Classic American performance cars from the late 1970s often live in the shadow of their better-known rivals, yet every so ...

With the Spirit, which replaced the Gremlin in 1979, AMC's designers and engineers pulled off their usual more-with-less ...

Though overshadowed by Detroit's Big Three, the AMC left its mark on the original muscle car era with some iconic tire-shredders. In 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company joined forces with the ...

Erik Sherman is an automotive journalist and motorcycle enthusiast. Although he has served and worked all over the world in different capacities, his passions belong to all things automotive. His love ...

AMC offered high-performance cars as early as 1957 (the four-door Rambler Rebel came with nearly 300 horsepower on tap), but the company didn't join the muscle car market until 1968. That's when the ...

For muscle car collectors, acquiring a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 ranks among the ultimate discoveries—comparable to unearthing the Ark of the Covenant—while a 1971 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda ...

AMC = not cool. At least that's what enthusiasts who follow any of the Big Three brands would like you to believe. Remember the Gremlin? Yeah, these people like to make fun of that poor thing. But ...